US presidential debate: Donald Trump vs Kamala Harris – Who go gain di upper hand? – BBC

Di debate go take place for Philadelphia on 10 September. E go start by 9 pm, Eastern Time.

Dis na di second presidential debate of 2024. Di first bin hold for June between Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, bifor e decide to drop out of di race.

Di debate go dey live for ABC and ABC News Live go stream am, Disney+ and Hulu.

E get strict time limits. Each candidate get a maximum of two minutes to ansa questions from di moderators and go get two minutes to counter dia opponents.

Di candidates microphones go dey muted wen di oda pesin dey speak, and audience no go dey di debating room.

Ms Harris bin want make di microphones dey live throughout but recently she bin agree to di rule.

E dey introduced four years ago afta di first debate between Mr Trump and Mr Biden face interruptions and quarrels.

Tuesday debate go dey run by two moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, both of dem dey present news programmes on ABC.

Kamala Harris don participate for election debates eva since 2003, wen she bin win di race to be San Francisco district attorney.

She also take part for debates during her successful campaigns to be elected as California attorney-general and as a US senator for California.

She debate wit Joe Biden for 2019 wen running for di Democrat presidential nomination, and she face off against Mike Pence for di 2020 vice-presidential debate.

She don show say she fit take control of di stage. For di 2020 debate wit Mr Pence she vex for am say e interrupt her, saying: “Mr Vice-President, I dey speak.”

Ms Harris don gain a lot of debating experience for di US Senate and bifor dat as prosecutor for California courts, wia one key skill na to highlight weaknesses for di opponent case.

Dis fit benefit her wen she dey counter points wey Donald Trump make for di debate.

Howeva, Ms Harris bin fail for her bid to become 2020 Democratic presidential candidate as she drop out bifor di first contest for Iowa, and one criticism na say she no get consistent policy positions.

For Tuesday debate, Ms Harris dey likely to ansa several hard questions about her policies from di moderators.

Ms Harris also dey loud for her public speaking.

For example, for her recent CNN interview she say: “Na urgent matter to dey apply metrics wey include hold oursef to deadlines around time.”

For presidential debates, speaking time dey limited and campaign messages gatz come clearly to voters.

Tuesday debate against Mr Trump go be di greatest challenge Ms Harris don get to face since she enta di race.

E don take part for two sets of presidential debates, for 2016 and 2020, and prove to be a very confronting and old style opponent.

For di 2016 debates against Hillary Clinton, e waka around di stage and stand directly behind her while she dey speak, wey she say e “make her flesh creep”.

For di first of di presidential debates for 2020 e dey always interrupt Joe Biden, wey make am shout: “Will you shut up, man?”

Dis tactics bin stop im opponents and keep am as di centre of attention.

Howeva, Mr Trump dey sometimes tok off topic for debates and e make statements wey dey untrue according to fact-checkers.

Bifor e stand down for re-election as president last July, Joe Biden bin dey behind Donald Trump for polls of voters, both nationally and for several swing states.

RealClearPolitics, one political analysis organisation wey compile an average of national polls, say Ms Harris don become more popular dan Trump since she become di Democrat nominee.

E say she dey lead Trump by 1.9 points nationally, as of 3 September.

Howeva, Hillary Clinton get a lead of five points for di national polls for di same point for 2016 and still lose di election to Mr Trump.

Polls within di states dey seen as more important dan di national polls. Dis na becos election results for individual states dey determine di number of votes candidate fit gain for di electoral college, and di electoral college decide who go become president.

E get some swing states such as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania wey dey imporant for candidates to win.

For all of dis, di race dey veri tight.

For early September, RealClearPolitics say Harris bin manage to overtake Trump for di polls for Michigan and Georgia and e dey tied wit him for Pennsylvania, but still dey follow for Arizona and North Carolina.

Di agreement amongst political analysts na say di outcome of di election dey too close to call.

One candidate need 270 electoral college vote to win di presidency. Di polls currently suggest di Democrats dey assured of 226 electoral college votes, di Republicans dey assured of 219, and di remaining 93 could go any way.